One who dares
| Movie | |
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| German title | One who dares |
| Original title | Laavor et hakir לעבור את הקיר |
| Country of production | Israel |
| original language | Hebrew |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rama Burshtein |
| script | Rama Burshtein |
| production | Assaf Amir |
| music | Roy Edri |
| camera | Amit Yasour |
| cut | Yael Hersonski |
| occupation | |
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One who dares ( Hebrew לעבור את הקיר) is an Israeli love comedy by Rama Burshtein from 2016. The film describes an attempt by a Charedi Jewish woman to find a suitable husband for her planned marriage. The film was shown in the Orizzonti section at the Venice International Film Festival .
action
Michal is a 32-year-old single Orthodox Jewish woman from an irreligious family. For over ten years she has been trying with increasing desperation to find a man. She seeks out a matchmaker who predicts that her wishes will come true in the near future. The mediator's son, Shimi, runs a wedding hall and the mediator promises Michal a discount if she gets married with her son. Michal gets engaged a little later and goes to Shimi with her fiancé to taste the wedding menu. In doing so, she confesses to her fiancé that she doesn't love her. Michal then ends the engagement, but maintains the reservation of the wedding hall and pays the deposit due. She believes that God will find the right man for her in time. A series of first encounters with potential candidates occurs via two matchmakers, but none of them lead to anything. Increasingly desperate, Michal decides to make a pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman's grave in the Ukraine . There she meets Yos, a well-known Israeli pop singer who happened to be there as part of a concert tour. She tells him about her wedding without a permanent husband, which will take place in a few days, and invites him to the wedding. Back in Jerusalem , the non-religious Yos visits her and promises her marriage. However, Michal declines the offer because she does not consider it sincere.
Awards
The leading actress Noa Koler won both the Michael Shvili Prize for Best Actress at the Haifa International Film Festival in 2016 and the Israeli film award Ophir for Best Leading Actress .
reception
Susanne Ostwald writes in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung about a screenplay with unobtrusive intellectuality and timeliness. It is noteworthy that Burshtein, of all people, who is exposed to the latent accusation of religious conservatism, has created a heroine who challenges the traditions of not only her faith and is ultimately more emancipated than many a Hollywood figure who is nothing more than a happy ending with a wedding have in mind. The great leading actress gives her character enormous depth with an agile expression.
For Ben Kenigsberg in the New York Times , the film is carefully layered. He succeeds in taking traditions into account and still looking modern and even progressive. The film seems ordinary, but in reality it is something special.
Web links
- Official website
- One that dares in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- One that dares at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The award winners ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Haifa International Film Festival 2016, accessed June 4, 2017.
- ↑ Susanne Ostwald: This bride dares - something. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 17, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Ben Kenigsberg: She's Got 'The Wedding Plan,' With a Groom TBD. In: The New York Times . May 11, 2017, accessed June 4, 2017 .
